Green Impact Report Galloper Offshore Wind Farm. Executive summary

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1 Executive summary UK Green Investment Bank plc ( GIB ) has assessed the Green Impact of (the ) based on project data provided by its independent advisers, and is pleased to summarise its assessment in this report. Green Investment classification The is forecast to have positive Green Impact, as set out below An investment in this may accordingly be classified as a Green Investment based on GIB s standard assessment criteria Green Impact forecasts GIB s Green Impact forecasts for the are: Average annual greenhouse gas savings of 86. kt COe over its lifetime of years ending in 0 A total of,60 kt COe of greenhouse gas savings over its lifetime The further Green Impact metrics set out in the table below : GIB has assessed at Level (Good) its level of confidence in the accuracy of these Green Impact forecasts. Further details of this assessment are provided overleaf. UK and global climate policy The (and, accordingly, any related investment in the ) will contribute to the global transition towards a low-carbon economy to the extent set out in this report, and so is consistent with the UK s commitments under the 0 UNFCCC Paris Agreement. Forecast Green Impact metrics summary Name: Technology: Location: Galloper Offshore wind energy United Kingdom Commercial operations date: 07 Design life: years Total turbines: 6 Generation capacity: Remaining lifetime generation: Forecast average annual generation: 6 MW,8 GWh, GWh Greenhouse gas emissions avoided (carbon dioxide equivalent) Remaining lifetime,60 kt CO e Average annual 86. kt CO e /yr Fossil fuel consumption avoided (oil equivalent) Remaining lifetime 6,89 ktoe Average annual. ktoe / yr Other emissions to air avoided (oxides of nitrogen) Remaining lifetime,680 t NO x Average annual 87 t NO x / yr : Level (Good) Full details of the s Green Impact forecasts and our opinion on the Green Impact Forecast Accuracy can be found on subsequent pages of this Report. Important note: This Report has been prepared by GIB on the basis, and should be read in conjunction with, the methodology, assumptions, limitations and other terms and conditions set out or referred to in Appendix and Appendix. October 06

2 Green Impact forecasts In this Report, we use the term Green Impact to refer to the environmental benefits estimated to be achievable by the Galloper project, and this includes estimated avoidance of greenhouses gas emissions, other emissions to air and resource use avoided (fossil fuel equivalent). Green Impact is calculated based on forecast or actual energy generation figures provided to us by the. As the is currently under construction, the following Green Impact forecasts are based on the forecast generation. The actual Green Impact is likely to vary annually once the is operational. The actual performance of the against the generation forecast will be monitored for the lifetime of the investment. Each of the Green Impact forecasts set out below is based on project data provided by independent advisors (see Appendix ) and is subject to GIB s assessment of (set out on page ). Green Impact forecast: Greenhouse gas emissions avoided The is forecast to avoid emissions of 86 kt CO e annually Avoidance of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (measured in carbon dioxide equivalent CO e), both actual and forecast, is derived by comparing the emissions associated with the to a counterfactual (alternative) method of energy generation, in this case UK marginal grid electricity generation. GIB has assessed the as having the potential to avoid emissions of.6 million tonnes CO e over its remaining lifetime, resulting in an average annual avoidance of 86 thousand tonnes CO e for each year of operation. Greenhouse gas emissions avoided per annum (t COe/yr),000,000 00,000 0,000, $0m $m $m $0m $00m $000m GHG emissions avoided Remaining lifetime GHG emissions avoided,60 kt CO e Average annual GHG emissions avoided 86. kt CO e / yr Green Impact forecast: Other emissions to air avoided The is forecast to avoid emissions of NO x, SO x and particulates Other emissions to air avoided is a measure of net air pollutant emissions compared to the counterfactual method of energy generation. Quantified air pollutant emissions include oxides of nitrogen (NO x ), oxides of sulphur (SO x ), particulates 0 micrometres in diameter (PM 0 ) and particulates. micrometres in diameter (PM. ). GIB has assessed the as having the potential to avoid emissions equivalent to 87 tonnes NO x,,07 tonnes SO x, tonnes PM 0 and tonnes PM. annually.,000,000 Other emissions to air avoided per annum (kg NO x /yr) 00,000 0,000, $0m $m $m $0m $00m $000m Emissions to air avoided Nitrogen oxides emissions avoided 87,000 kg NO x / yr Sulphur oxides emissions avoided,07,000 kg SO x / yr Particulate matter 0µm emissions avoided,80 kg PM 0 / yr Particulate matter.µm emissions avoided,0 kg PM. / yr October 06

3 Green Impact forecast: Fossil fuel consumption avoided The forecast to avoid the consumption of kt oil equivalent each year Fossil fuel consumption avoided is a measure of the net consumption of natural resources compared to the counterfactual method of energy generation, and is normalised to tonnes of oil equivalent (toe) as a proxy measure. GIB has assessed the as having the potential to avoid the consumption of 6. million tonnes of oil equivalent over its remaining lifetime, resulting in an average annual avoidance of thousand tonnes of oil equivalent for each year of operation. Fossil fuel consumption avoided per annum (toe/yr),000,000 00,000 0,000, $0m $m $m $0m $00m $000m Fossil fuel consumption avoided Remaining lifetime fossil fuel consumption avoided 6,89 ktoe Average annual fossil fuel consumption avoided. ktoe / yr is GIB s assessment of the level of confidence that can reasonably be placed on the accuracy of any quantified Green Impact forecast. It is based on information provided by the (set out in Appendix ) and on the methodology referred to in Appendix. : Level (Good) GIB assesses Green Impact Forecast Accuracy at levels ranging from Level (Low) to Level (Very High), which represent the combined and weighted average of a series of factors as presented on the right. On the basis of the information provided by the, GIB has assessed the Green Impact Forecast Accuracy for the at Level (Good). This is a conservative estimate based on the fact that the is currently under construction. Following completion of construction, and subsequent collection of actual performance data, the data quality and development stage scores would be anticipated to increase, thereby raising the overall Green Impact Forecast Accuracy score. Data quality Technology & development stage Country governance October 06

4 Appendix User input: data Information* Unit Name Galloper Technology Offshore wind energy Country United Kingdom Number of units 6 e.g. number of turbines/pv units Stage Under construction Pre-construction, under construction, or operational Remaining Life yrs Start date 07 Year in which commercial operations date will be achieved Electrical Output Capacity 6 MWe Generation, GWhe/yr Data type Forecast data Forecast or actual data * Source: data provided provided by GIB s technical adviser Appendix Terms and Conditions: Terminology and Methodology Terminology Green Investment Green Investment means an investment into a project on which GIB has made an assessment that it will, or is reasonably likely to, deliver Green Impact. Green Impact Green Impact is a collective term referring to the environmental benefits which have been calculated in accordance with GIB s methodology to be, or to be reasonably likely to be, delivered by the project which is the subject of this Report. Green Impact includes estimated avoided greenhouse gas emissions, NO x, SO x, particulate matter and fossil fuel use. Green Impact is calculated and reported as defined metrics such as tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (t CO e), tonnes of oil equivalent (toe), and kilogrammes (kg) of other air pollutant emissions. is an expression of the level of confidence that, in the opinion of GIB, can reasonably be placed on the accuracy of any quantified Green Impact forecast. This assessment of forecast accuracy is described in levels as follows: Level (Low), Level (Moderate), Level (Good), Level (High), and Level (Very High). Methodology The Green Impact and assessments presented in this Report are based on GIB s approach to assessing Green Impact using its proprietary green investment principles and policies, and have been generated using GIB s green impact assessment model, developed by Ricardo Energy & Environment on behalf of GIB. Green Impact calculation GIB s initial calculation of the Green Impact of each project is produced by comparing relevant information and data derived from that project against relevant baseline (or counterfactual) data for the assumed environmental impacts that would occur if the project did not take place, based on GIB s proprietary reference sources or provided to GIB by relevant third parties or obtained from publicly available sources. The resultant estimated Green Impact is then subject to further qualitative evaluation before production of GIB s formal Green Impact Report. For grid-connected projects that generate electricity, the baseline (or counterfactual) is assumed to be marginal electricity generated from the national grid in that country. GIB s methodology calculates the net Green Impact of the project by comparing its likely emissions to those of a marginal grid electricity mix, using the methodology set out in the International Financial Institutions (IFI) approach to GHG accounting for renewable energy projects and the IFI approach to GHG accounting for energy efficiency projects. GIB s methodology calculates likely Green Impact on an annual and lifetime basis. The Green Impact reported is 00% of the Green Impact of the underlying project(s). There is no proportionate allocation of Green Impact to any particular project investment or to particular investors, all of whom may report the same Green Impact from the underlying project(s). is determined from a number of project parameters that include the project technology, stage of project development, and country in which the project is located, together with GIB s opinion of the input data quality. These parameters have been assigned values that represent the degree to which they affect the accuracy of the forecast Green Impact, and are used to produce Forecast Accuracy scores for three elements: Data quality, Technology & development stage, and Country governance. The Forecast Accuracy scores for the three elements are weighted and combined to derive an overall level of. data GIB has relied in good faith on publicly available data and data and information made available in connection with the relevant project(s) by the original Recipient and/or relevant third parties others, and has assumed that such data and information is complete, accurate and up to date. GIB may, at its discretion, conduct limited validation of the data and information provided by original Recipient, based on a high-level telephone interview with the client s representative(s). GIB has not conducted, and shall not be responsible for conducting, any audit or detailed review or assurance or any other verification exercise of any such data (including data related to allocation of the use of proceeds). Furthermore, no site-specific environmental or social due diligence has been, or is required to be, conducted by GIB, and GIB does not express any opinion on whether local site-specific environmental and/ or social impact have been mitigated appropriately. GIB has not undertaken any review of any underlying project s environmental and/or social, permitting, licencing or other compliance status. Reference data In preparing this Report, GIB has relied upon various sources of data and information provided to GIB by relevant third parties or obtained through public information sources, the content of which no GIB Party has verified or controls. GIB calculates Green Impact using reference data obtained from, among others, by the Ecoinvent life cycle inventory datasets for the calculation of environmental impacts. Green Impact is also calculated based on data supplied by the International Energy Agency (IEA), specifically from the 0 editions of the World Energy Statistics and Balances dataset and the CO Emissions from Fuel Combustion dataset. Any limitations and caveats that are applicable to the Ecoinvent and IEA datasets, as published on their websites, are also applicable to the results presented in this Report. GIB s method is designed to work with a limited number of key inputs and to create results for over 00 different countries and makes some simplifying assumptions in order to achieve this degree of flexibility. Country governance scores are determined from datasets of indicators from the World Bank, Transparency International, and United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security. October 06

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